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I had a lovely post written on my day driving around the Burren but just as I posted it, everything disappeared. Here’s a brief description of how I spent it. I started off in Ballyvaughan and drove in the direction of Fanore. My plan was to just stop whenever I saw other people stopping.

Just a few kilometres out, there were a tonne of cars stopped on the side and that was how I discovered Murrooughtoohy. This is the point that you can see Connemara, Galway Bay, Aran Islands and Black Head. It’s very beautiful and you can walk and climb across the Limestone pavements.

Off I went again and just before Fanore a few more cars had stopped to take picture of the beautiful scenery so I did also. If the weather had been nicer, I would have stopped at Fanore beach but it was really dull so I didn’t. I drove on enjoying the view until I reached Doolin and there I stopped into the Irish craft shop. It was a nice spot and you can pick up some nice Irish gifts. Doolin was packed and the buses were everywhere so I stayed going and was almost going to stop at the Cliffs. Then I saw the amount of cars and decided against it. I stopped at the Rock Shop instead. I had heard the most glowing review about it last weekend so I stopped in. To say that they have a lot of stock is an understatement. You could potentially spend the entire day just browsing around. I didn’t eat anything there but I do hear that the soup is the business.

Continuing on I drove through Lahinch, Ennistymon and stopped to see the high crosses in Kilfenora. The Kilfenora timeline is there also and free of charge and while I wasn’t patient enough to read it all, it seems really interesting. Lisdoonvarna was the last stop on my journey and I got some great shots on Corkscrew Hill before I finally returned home.